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Location: Western Region | Ballarat
Job type: Full time / From 27/04/2023
Organisation: Education
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Education and Training
Reference: 1337147
The role of the School Nurse is a qualified professional who is a vital team member within the student welfare area. The School Nurse will provide appropriate high quality preventative health care to assist students in making healthy life style choices through individual health counselling, health education, assessment, support and referral.
Support and training opportunities will be provided to the School Nurse in this position.
The School Nurse is a member of the Therapy Team.
In addition the School Nurse is a member of a trans-disciplinary team involving Management, Teachers, Teacher Assistants and Specialist Areas. The School Nurse works closely with parents, carers, other medical personnel and agencies, providing services to our students.
Attendance is not required during school vacation periods.
Range 4 is distinguished by broader management responsibility, particularly in the areas of finance, human resource and other support functions. Range 4 is responsible for managing a range of functions under a wide range of conditions, subject to the size and complexity of school operations.
Objectives will, generally, be clearly defined; guidelines will be broad and day-to-day direction minimal. Management responsibility extends to ensuring appropriate support levels are maintained across the school. Range 4 generally provides key support and timely advice to the leadership team and school council and liaises with the general school community, the Department and other government agencies and service providers.
Specialised professional roles will carry a high level of independence and accountability where suitable scope is provided to achieve objectives.
An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students, but must not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students cannot be required except where it is an integral part of the employees position or involves supervision of students individually or in small groups, in controlled circumstances, where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.
The School Nurse functions as a sole practitioner in a school setting, providing appropriate high quality preventative health care to assist students in making healthy life style choices through individual health counselling, health education, assessment, support, referral and health promotion activities.
Governed by established Ballarat Specialist School & DET policies and procedures; develops, implements, and evaluates a planned evidence based approach to whole of school health promotion activities focusing on identified school priorities.
Uses initiative and judgment to select and apply established procedures and practices to unusual or complex nursing issues in the school environment.
Works as part of the school community, particularly the student welfare area, to effectively promote a broad social view of health.
Communicates with a range of people in the school environment, the family and other service providers, promoting knowledge of and facilitating collaborative links between students, families, the school community, relevant primary health care services and relevant community based organisations.
Maintains accurate and timely records of clinical activity for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation purposes as required.
Co-operates with managers in consultative processes that improve health and safety by using the relevant tools and systems, such as procedures, guidelines and policies.
Observes safe working practices and protect own and others’ health and safety.
Specialist Skills and Knowledge:
Integrity – committed to the best interests of students and families; inspires trust
Cross cultural awareness - communicate well with, relate to and see issues from the perspective of people from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds.
Communication skills - confidently conveys information in a clear and interesting way, considerate of others; able to express own views in a constructive and diplomatic way; develops reports and correspondence for clients and others using clear and readily understood language; writes in a clear, fluent and concise manner; produce written communications that are appropriate and readily understood by the intended audience; organise information in a logical sequence.
Analytical, conceptual and information seeking skills - deal with concepts and complexity comfortably, be perceptive, use analytical and conceptual skills to reason through problems, have creative ideas and project how these can link to innovations; translate creative ideas into workplace improvements.
Demonstrated service excellence - constantly looks for continuous improvement opportunities and ways to innovate, and encourages others to do the same; makes specific changes in work methods to improve outcomes, quality and timeliness of service.
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.
The Department of Education and Training is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms – gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces.
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the Department’s exemplar available at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/protect/Pages/childsafestandards.aspx
The Department’s employees commit to upholding DET’s Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. DET’s Values complement each school’s own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the DET values is available at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/workm/Pages/Public-Sector-Values.aspx
Ballarat Specialist School caters for students aged from 3 and 18 years who have a diagnosed intellectual disability ranging from mild to profound. Ballarat Specialist School is a dual-campus K-12 school organised around four stages of learning - Early Learning (Ages 3-5), Primary School (Ages 5-12), Middle School (Ages 12-15) and Senior School (Ages 15-18). Our Early Learning to Middle School students are accommodated on our main Gillies Street Campus. Our Senior School students are located at our 8.09 hectare FARM Campus in Norman Street. Our current enrolment is approximately 430 students.
Our school's mission is "Achieving Personal Success Together". We strive to enable our students and staff to reach their full potential in a safe, stimulating and flexible learning environment. Our educational programs provide a balanced and personalised curriculum where student achievement is acknowledged and celebrated.
Ballarat Specialist School provides an inclusive and rigorous learning program that challenges and engages students to grow as passionate learners. The school's teaching and learning programs are underpinned by the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework, The Victorian Curriculum and the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning. A comprehensive curriculum, with a strong focus on Literacy and Numeracy, is embedded into curriculum maps for each of the four mini-schools within the school. Each curriculum map is designed to meet the learning needs of students at their individual stages of learning. This is supported by Individual Education Plans for all students. Communication is a keystone of all learning and curriculums within the school. The school's pedagogy reflects current research, and best practice is enacted to maximise student learning outcomes. Our teaching and learning programs are anchored in a gradual release of responsibility model to enable our students to become independent and lifelong learners. Through Professional Learning Communities, Ballarat Specialist School teachers invest in the collective application of curriculum, assessment, shared learning, reflection and they engage in inquiry about student work.
Our specialist programs include: Science, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Physical Education (PE) and Hospitality. The school also operates two cafés open to the public. The Special Treats Café is located at our Gillies St. campus and the FARM Café is located at our Norman street FARM campus. We also have a school based Op shop (Vintage Soul) that operates from our FARM campus. Through these enterprises, we can offer students pathways to future employment as these school-based work areas and programs are connected to the specific delivery of Certificate II Courses through local TAFE institutes. The courses conducted onsite are Kitchen Operations, Retail, Horticulture, Visual Arts, Sport & Recreation, Warehousing, Music Industry and Work skills.
Individual Educational Plans (IEP’s) are developed by the Student Support Group, which comprises parents and carers, outside agencies, and school staff. The IEPs are then implemented by school staff, including Classroom Teachers and Education Assistants and supported by the Integrated Service Team.
Full time / From 27/04/2023
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Jess Bothe | 5334 1302